A machine or part of a machine that handles and changes information or materials, such as a computer’s central unit. It can also mean a company that prepares raw goods for use or sale.
From *process* plus the agent suffix *-or* meaning 'one who does'. It describes something that carries out a process.
Your computer’s processor is like the brain’s brain—almost everything digital you do passes through it. Food processors and payment processors do the same pattern: take raw input, apply steps, output something usable. Once you see 'processor', you can ask: what is it changing, and who controls the recipe?
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